The Taliban by Ahmed Rashid
| Author: |
Ahmed Rashid |
| Publisher: |
Pan Books |
About the author
Table of
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Preface
Readers Comments
'Tony Blair's plans for post-Taliban Afghanistan are heavily influenced by this book…Taliban by Ahmed Rashid. [It] is being read not just by the Prime Minister but by his personal assistant, Anji Hunter, and the director of communications, Alastair Campbell'
Guardian
Taliban (Ahmed Rashid) in Urdu
Also by Ahmed Rashid: Jihad
Description:
The Tragic events of 11 September have brought the Taliban into sharp focus as the most radical and extreme Islamist movement in the world. Little is known about the Taliban because of the deep secrecy that surrounds the organization, its leaders and its aims. The Taliban has attracted fascination and loathing, controversy and fear both in the Muslim world and in the West.
The implications of Taliban expansion have already created severe instability in Russia and Central Asia. The Taliban has become a major player in the new 'Great Game' - harking back to the late-nineteenth century British and Russian confrontation in the region, involving competition between Western oil companies, manipulation from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Iran and covert operations by the CIA. The Prize: access to the new oil fields and transit routes for oil pipelines, not to mention the allure - for some - of the narcotics trade.
| DesiStore # |
PBS00887 |
| ISBN |
0-330-49221-7 |
| Edition |
First |
| Year |
2001 |
| Pages |
276 |
| Weight (kg) |
0.20 |
| Shipping Weight (lbs) |
0.51 |
| HB/PB |
Paper Back |
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Reviews:
"Read this remarkable book and the bewildering complexity of Afghan politics and the deadly over-spill of chaos, narcotics and sectarian violence into the surrounding region will become clear".
Patrick Seale, Sunday Times
"Rashid has a feel for the characters in this imbroglio, who are as outlandish as any from the old Great Game".
Rupert Edis, Sunday Telegraph
"Ahmed Rashid's book describes the stuff that Bond [films] are made of. Warring tribes, clashing empires, fanatics with dreams of world domination, violence and sex...If anyone understands the place, Rashid does".
Jason Burke, Observer
"Rashid tells a complicated story clearly. He places the rise of the Taliban in the context of the Afghan civil war, the energy policies of the Central Asian republics and the interests of American, Saudi and Pakistani intelligence services".
Robin Banerji, Daily Telegraph
"This is a riveting, balanced and well-informed book".
International Herald Tribune
Ahmed Rashid, who has been reporting on Afghanistan since 1979, is one of the few international journalists to have interviewed the Taliban leaders. 'Taliban' sheds new light on this shadowy movement as well as Al'Qaida, masterminded by Osama Bin Laden
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